70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.
17 Dec 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-12-22 11:26Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 17 Dec 1944Cold, overcast, better pm.
Started filling in Cookhse. wall.
Grass burning in lieu of wood for cooking.
Novs workers cigs distributed.
Chopped wood 6pm.
Made saucepan for Mrs Brown. ((MW Brown?))
Lorry 6.30pm few potatoes & pak choi.
Workers’ cigs for Nov. issued.
17 Dec 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2016-12-09 10:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 17 Dec 1944Sandbach / Myhill
No firewood – grass collected for kitchens
